Connecticut's First Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Open

BETHEL -- After weeks of looking for a place to open a medical marijuana dispensary, and with a Thursday deadline looming, a Trumbull company finally found a home in an empty building on Garella Road near Interstate 84.

D&B Wellness Inc. had to secure zoning approval somewhere to receive one of six state licenses to operate a dispensary.

The company had failed twice -- once in Stratford and again in Bridgeport -- and seemed likely to be turned down in Redding as well.

The dispensary, to be known as Compassionate Care Center of Connecticut, will operate by appointment only, with a secure entry requiring verification of a patient's state certification to buy medical marijuana.

Palmer acknowledged that some residents might not like having a marijuana dispensary in town, "but there's 29 states that have legalized it for medical use, and we are one of them."